Devin

#2,153 for girls in 2025, 86 births · #548 for boys in 2025, 548 births
Given to boys 89.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1995 · 6,193 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
21 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
156,250
since 1947

Devin over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #238, 1991peak #58, 1995girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,15386#548548
2024#2,03396#516594
2023#2,10791#461665
2022#2,06893#423750
2021#2,21284#388832
2020#2,52368#382803
2019#2,09090#360915
2018#2,27580#3321,005
2017#1,943103#3291,042
2016#1,890107#3001,175
2015#1,861110#2591,386
2014#1,940103#2521,494
2013#1,849109#2091,847
2012#1,477153#1732,244
2011#1,418160#1572,466
2010#1,414162#1402,845
2009#1,328181#1263,384
2008#1,299191#1094,008
2007#1,069245#1004,427
2006#1,090232#1004,451
2005#905277#904,715
2004#761342#815,167
2003#794312#745,646
2002#772311#745,440
2001#612410#716,040
2000#525502#696,152
1999#508509#685,970
1998#461559#626,218
1997#425605#596,044
1996#394672#606,001
1995#352745#586,193
1994#344771#616,064
1993#309857#715,356
1992#2731,035#754,972
1991#2381,162#834,388
1990#318862#983,866
1989#422589#963,596
1988#457490#983,302
1987#492440#993,076
1986#463465#1132,446
1985#556355#1212,331
1984#601297#1232,175
1983#549335#1421,894
1982#697252#2271,034
1981#690250#251870
1980#541348#235980
1979#501402#236939
1978#473418#241868
1977#1,131112#252805
1976#4,15415#333517
1975#3,95016#319561
1974#3,00823#307593
1973#3,34219#338502
1972#3,17720#357469
1971#3,50818#364494
1970#2,64727#355523
1969#2,17134#378431
1968#2,24629#394389
1967#2,43225#412343
1966#4,19810#414333
1965#5,8176#434317
1964#5,0088#460298
1963#3,06617#562197
1962#5,2937#572187
1961#4,23910#684125
1960#5,1687#742108
1959—#87576
1958—#91568
1957#4,9187#94464
1956—#1,00855
1955#3,37712#1,21938
1954#4,2788#1,26835
1953#5,6735#1,83618
1952#5,5635#1,70120
1951—#1,77418
1950—#3,0217
1949—#1,82017
1948—#2,21812
1947—#3,3706
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Devin! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Devin is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #78 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 317 boysAKMaine: #86 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 476 boysMEVermont: #77 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 330 boysVTNew Hampshire: #97 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 632 boysNHWashington: #85 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 412 boysWAIdaho: #87 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 386 boysIDMontana: #108 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 493 boysMTNorth Dakota: #68 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 239 boysNDMinnesota: #111 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 709 boysMNIllinois: #125 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 817 boysILWisconsin: #99 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 648 boysWIMichigan: #102 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 653 boysMINew York: #100 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 607 boysNYMassachusetts: #92 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 703 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Devin, so not publishedRIOregon: #71 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 306 boysORNevada: #104 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 566 boysNVWyoming: #96 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 438 boysWYSouth Dakota: #126 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 677 boysSDIowa: #82 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 393 boysIAIndiana: #102 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 596 boysINOhio: #92 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 574 boysOHPennsylvania: #89 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 592 boysPANew Jersey: #94 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 666 boysNJConnecticut: #109 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 763 boysCTCalifornia: #130 for boys · 372 births · 1 in 642 boysCAUtah: #70 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 248 boysUTColorado: #83 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 409 boysCONebraska: #96 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 485 boysNEMissouri: #75 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 436 boysMOKentucky: #93 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 543 boysKYWest Virginia: #89 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 503 boysWVVirginia: #81 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 487 boysVAMaryland: #69 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 331 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Devin, so not publishedDEArizona: #98 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 451 boysAZNew Mexico: #160 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 759 boysNMKansas: #71 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 331 boysKSArkansas: #120 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 598 boysARTennessee: #101 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 586 boysTNNorth Carolina: #100 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 569 boysNCSouth Carolina: #66 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 363 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #89 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 422 boysDCOklahoma: #100 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 483 boysOKLouisiana: #72 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 342 boysLAMississippi: #121 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 585 boysMSAlabama: #130 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 745 boysALGeorgia: #129 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 747 boysGAHawaii: #62 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 259 boysHITexas: #159 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 810 boysTXFlorida: #104 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 647 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#62 · 1 in 259
  2. South Carolina#66 · 1 in 363
  3. North Dakota#68 · 1 in 239
  4. Maryland#69 · 1 in 331
  5. Utah#70 · 1 in 248

Best ever in a state: #23 in Louisiana, 1996.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#62261 in 259
South Carolina#66591 in 363
North Dakota#68211 in 239
Maryland#69881 in 331
Utah#70641 in 248
Kansas#71501 in 331
Oregon#71581 in 306
Louisiana#72941 in 342
Missouri#75821 in 436
Vermont#77101 in 330
Alaska#78141 in 317
Virginia#81811 in 487
Iowa#82451 in 393
Colorado#83601 in 409
Washington#85771 in 412
Maine#86151 in 476
Idaho#87171 in 386
District of Columbia#89191 in 422
Pennsylvania#891311 in 592
West Virginia#89211 in 503
Massachusetts#92581 in 703
Ohio#921331 in 574
Kentucky#93441 in 543
New Jersey#94751 in 666
Nebraska#96221 in 485
Wyoming#9661 in 438
New Hampshire#97121 in 632
Arizona#98631 in 451
Wisconsin#99501 in 648
New York#1002071 in 607
North Carolina#100731 in 569
Oklahoma#100431 in 483
Tennessee#101551 in 586
Indiana#102621 in 596
Michigan#102991 in 653
Florida#1041231 in 647
Nevada#104121 in 566
Montana#108101 in 493
Connecticut#109281 in 763
Minnesota#111431 in 709
Arkansas#120251 in 598
Mississippi#121281 in 585
Illinois#1251001 in 817
South Dakota#12671 in 677
Georgia#129611 in 747
Alabama#130341 in 745
California#1303721 in 642
Texas#1591771 in 810
New Mexico#160151 in 759
Delaware———
Rhode Island———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Devin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 32 spots since 2024 (#516 → #548)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#382 → #548)
  • 289 spots since 2015 (#259 → #548)
  • Biggest jump: 133 spots in 1960 (#875 → #742)
  • Biggest drop: 55 spots in 2024 (#461 → #516)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1995 at #58 (6,193 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 21 yrs · run 1987–2007
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1957–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 307
  • Highest: 1 in 307 boys born in 1998 were named Devin (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,117 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #58 in 1995, was only 1 in 307 (0.33%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 35.2% of all boys named Devin (55,072) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s35#1,820 (1949)#2,469
1950s399#875 (1959)#1,456
1960s2,728#378 (1969)#505
1970s6,271#236 (1979)#310
1980s21,704#96 (1989)#151
1990s55,072#58 (1995)#70
2000s49,430#69 (2000)#89
2010s16,419#140 (2010)#251
2020s4,192#382 (2020)#453

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Devin in 1987

girls
#492
440 births · 1 in 3,951 girls
boys
#99
3,076 births · 1 in 607 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #492Devin440

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #99Devin3,076
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,951 of them was named Devin, which outranked 96.3% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devin
  1. #489Alaina442
  2. #489Janae442
  3. #491Darlene441
  4. #492Devin440
  5. #492Amie440
  6. #492Trista440
  7. #495Genevieve439
  8. #496Mariah437
  9. #497Betty436

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 607 of them was named Devin, which outranked 98.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Devin
  1. #96Cameron3,159
  2. #97Frank3,123
  3. #98Gabriel3,079
  4. #99Devin3,076
  5. #100Curtis2,909
  6. #101Mitchell2,870
  7. #102Adrian2,846
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →